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...editorial indicates that an ad hoc committee of experts from outside HLS is expected to review a tenure case before it comes to the HLS faculty for a vote, and that the HLS faculty vote will take place only if the ad hoc committee has “approved” the appointment. This is wrong on both counts...
...model, as in the system long employed for tenure appointments in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and several other Harvard faculties, no ad hoc panel is convened until the appointment is first considered and recommended at the faculty level. Having been convened, the ad hoc committee provides advice to the president, but is not called upon to approve or disapprove the appointment...
...Loeb Mainstage. An English concentrator, this leading figure of the Harvard theater community has both acted and directed in numerous plays at Harvard. He is also a member of the Immediate Gratification Players. Above, he is pictured performing in Performancee Artists for Responsible Art (PART), an ad hoc group which staged visible anti-war actions around campus...
Though at the moment the group has no concrete plans for the year, QRF organizers say they want the group to act as an ad hoc organization that catalyzes queer activism on campus, aiming to incite campus discussion on queer politics and to establish a presence that is, Rosenberg says, “always critical, always active, always vocal...
Rather than Summers, Dean of HLS Elena Kagan should chair the ad hoc committees. She has the experience to identify quality law professors; in helping guide a committee of outside experts, she will be a more informed partner in the process as the appointment directly relates to HLS. Additionally, Kagan has more at stake than Summers to ensure that newly tenured faculty will work well at HLS and not simply fill the central administration’s larger political goals. Most importantly, this change in the tenure process must lead to an advancement of transparency. Otherwise, any possible internal bias...